Health Affairs February 2, 2023
Shortly before Thanksgiving 2022, the federal government made a landmark announcement: Dozens of departments, agencies, and institutes (now 44) published a whole-of-government plan to enhance well-being and justice across the United States—The Federal Plan for Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience (ELTRR).
The effort was designed from its inception to be a governmental counterpart to the non-governmental Thriving Together Springboard, in which more than 100 contributors came together at the beginning of COVID-19 lockdowns to show how unjust loss could be converted into equitable renewal through investments in the vital conditions for health and well-being (exhibit 1).
The vital conditions framework focuses attention on a small but comprehensive set of conditions that all people depend on to reach their full potential...